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[thetinguy]

Surprised by how little people are talking about this. Those ads are the only source of income for some creators.

[ehsankia → thetinguy]

And if you want to support the creator and not get ads, there's Youtube Premium. I often hear "I'd rather pay a small amount and not get ads", but when provided with that, they then resort to some other excuse to still use ad-block.

[userbinator → ehsankia]

Or you can pay the creator directly.

[dingaling → userbinator]

And does the creator then pay YouTube for the delivery service?

If not then there's still a shortfall.